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| Sep 9, 2012 | The Future of Amazon: Ambitious, Diverse, And Expansive | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah (@semil) is an EIR with Javelin Venture Partners In less than 20 years, the feats accomplished by Seattle’s Amazon are simply astounding and, curiously, often taken for granted. It is the world’s largest online ret... |
| Apr 6, 2011 | Is Amazon Resurrecting Questville, Its Q&A Online Game Concept? | A few years ago, Amazon (AMZN) was poised to add an online gaming and rewards aspect to its Askville Q&A service. In December 2008, Amazon "indefinitely postponed Questville until further notice." But a recent trademark filing... |
| Mar 7, 2011 | Why Apple Needs to Set Its MobileMe Service Free | Apple (APPL) is apparently wrapping up talks with the major music companies to let customers buy music once and simultaneously download it to their iPad, iPod, or iPhone wirelessly. The whole deal sounds very similar to Apple's popular Mobi... |
| Jul 16, 2009 | Bits of Destruction Hit the Book Publishing Business: Part 2 | In part 1 of this series, we looked at the three big waves crashing down on the traditional book publishing business: Google Search, the Kindle and e-books, and print on demand. In this second part, we’ll try to wipe the muck from our cryst... |
| May 2, 2009 | Anthropology: The Art of Building a Successful Social Site | Picture if you will, a collaborative site that runs on two servers, is managed by four people, and has attracted a third of its target demographic within six months of launch. A site that has had 800,000 posts submitted by its users in its ... |
| Jun 29, 2007 | Who’s Asking? A Roundup of Q&A Sites | Yesterday Google’s Russian Blog announced the launch of a new site on Google Russia called “Questions and Answers.” The site uses a points-based system, where questions cost points and users are rewarded for participation (answering, rating... |
| Dec 8, 2006 | Amazon Askville Launches With Dungeons & Dragons Angle | Want to become a Level 10 Blogging Advice expert? Then earn some Quest Coins and spend them on cool stuff at Amazon? Check out Amazon’s newest service, Askville. The site launched moments ago at 2 pm PST. This is a “questions & answer” ... |
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FAQ about Askville
What has the press written about Askville?
Parsers VC has collected 8 articles mentioning Askville, among them “The Future of Amazon: Ambitious, Diverse, And Expansive” (Sep 9, 2012) and “Is Amazon Resurrecting Questville, Its Q&A Online Game Concept?” (Apr 6, 2011).
Is Askville still active?
Askville is probably closed: its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 7, 2012.